. >> yesterday, storm was close to category two strength winds, 94 miles per hour and all of this energy is moving westward. look at the expansion of this storm. i mean, a thousand miles wide and we are dealing with the effects of this well-off the coast and inland across the great lakes and the midwest and the great lakes, the ohio river valley, and there is cleveland, to give you a live look at cleveland, talking about the winds across the great lakes, upper 40's, it feels like the 30's with the wind chill and we have gusts in excess of 40 miles per hour. the waves are 20' to 30' and not just a northeast storm or mid-atlantic or new england storm but it will be a midwest event. just looking at the pressure gradient we have between this storm and high pressure to the south, we are going to see wind advisory to the gulf coast. they will feel the effects up and down the eastern seaboard and across the great lakes and the hid west until at least thursday and even friday when sandy moves up into canada. >>shepard: janice, how long do they expect the blizzard conditions to last? >> i will sh